Description
The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
Published: 2015-04-14
Score: 2.5 Low
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9307 The is_utf8_well_formed function in GNU less before 475 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via malformed UTF-8 characters, which triggers an out-of-bounds read.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:47:41.015Z

Reserved: 2015-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9488

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-04-14T18:59:02.887

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9488

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-03-10T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9488 - Bugzilla

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